A Workshop On
Transportation in Developing Urban Areas:
Addressing Air Quality and Climate Change Issues
Sunday January 13th, 9:00AM to 12:00PM
Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC - 1919 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Organized by EMBARQ - the WRI Center for Sustainable Transport, and the World Bank
The Problems
9:15 – 9:30 Urban Air Pollution in Developing Country Megacities
Michael P. Walsh, Consultant
9:30 – 9:45 Public Health and Transport-related Urban Air Pollution
Enrique Jacoby, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
9:45 – 10:00 What You See is What You Get: In-use Measurement of Vehicle Activity, Emissions, and Fuel Use in Vehicles in Istanbul
Alper Unal, EMBARQ/CST-Turkey
The Solutions
10:00 – 10:15 If Transport Policy Reduced Traffic, Pollution, and CO2 Emissions, Would We Know? Examples of Two Forward
Looking Case Studies of Queretaro, Mexico and Hanoi, Viet Nam
Maria Cordeiro and Lee Schipper, EMBARQ
10:15 – 10:30 Flexing the Link Between GHG Emissions Reduction Strategies and Urban Transport and Air Quality Management:
Stockholm Congestion Pricing and Other Programs With Positive Results
Gunnar Söderholm, Head of Environment and Deputy Chief City Manager, Stockholm.
10:30 – 10:45 The Role of Urban Governance in Reducing Air Pollution and GHG Emissions From Transport: The Portland Experience
Rex Burkholder, Councilor, Portland, Oregon
The Private Sector Response
10:45 – 11:10 What 10 years of Challenge Bibendum Has Taught the Private Sector about Sustainable Transport and Reducing GHG
Emissions
Mr. Patrick Oliva, Corporate Vice President, Michelin, France
What Have We Learned?
11:10 – Noon Round Table: How can developing countries that can reduce traffic congestion and lower local and global impacts of
transport on the environment? Are experiences from North America, Japan, and Europe transferable elsewhere? How do
we know we have made improvements?
Invited panelists include: Prof. Dan Sperling, UC Davis Center for Transportation Studies; John
Rogers, World Bank; Sylwia Klatka, ConVoco, Poznan, Poland; German Correa, Comité de
Ministros de Ciudad y Territorio, Chile
